Data Dictionary glossary

Variable name	As it appears on the LSAC dataset
Variable name without age	Useful for sorting together like variables from different waves and cohorts
Topic number	Allows derived items to be sorted in with the input variables they come from
Question id (i.e. variable name without age or subject/informant)	Useful for checking which informants were asked each question at each Wave
File order	Mainly useful for sorting questions back into file order (default option)
File	Which of the LSAC data files the variable is contained in. Example: B0 – refers to lsacgrb0, K4 – refers to lsacgrk4
Wave	Which wave (or waves) data was collected from for the variable
Cohort	Indicator of whether the question is asked for the B or K cohort
Question position	Location of question within questionnaires
Person label	Subject/Informant for the variable
Child's age	Age of child at time information is collected
Variable labels	Describes the question/item
Topics	The theme or content area
Construct	This is like a sub-topic, more specific than the topic. See list of topic contructs
Measure	Specific information on the measure that the variable is part of
Question	The actual wording of the question that appears in the LSAC instruments
Population	Which cases should have valid (non-missing) for the variable
SAS format	Format used in SAS to add value labels
Notes	Any other information on the variable that data users should be aware of

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